CURLOPT_MAIL_FROM
(3)

Name

Synopsis

Description

CURLOPT_MAIL_FROM(3) curl_easy_setopt options CURLOPT_MAIL_FROM(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_MAIL_FROM - SMTP sender address
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_MAIL_FROM, char *from);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. This should be
used to specify the sender's email address when sending SMTP mail with
libcurl.
An originator email address should be specified with angled brackets
(<>) around it, which if not specified will be added automatically.
If this parameter is not specified then an empty address will be sent
to the mail server which may cause the email to be rejected.
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting
this option.
DEFAULT
blank
PROTOCOLS
SMTP
EXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "smtp://example.com/");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAIL_FROM, "president@example.com");
ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.20.0
RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if
not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | web/curl |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+------------------+
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_MAIL_RCPT(3), CURLOPT_MAIL_AUTH(3),
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://github.com/curl/curl/ar-
chive/curl-7_64_0.zip
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://curl.haxx.se/.
libcurl 7.37.0 19 Jun 2014 CURLOPT_MAIL_FROM(3)